The event is expected to take place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Gonzaga, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, opened his career with an 8-1 mark (4-0 in the UFC), which earned him a UFC title shot with then-heavyweight champion Randy Couture in 2007 and a top-10 standing in the world MMA heavyweight rankings. But the eventual TKO loss began a 3-5 skid that concluded with back-to-back losses to Junior Dos Santos and Brendan Schaub and his eventual 2010 release from the organization.

Gonzaga initially said he would concentrate solely on jiu-jitsu competitions before deciding to return to MMA.

He now meets Burns, who fought most recently in a Bellator 40 loss to Eric Prindle. He currently fights out of Las Vegas.

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